09/13/2013, A Superior Morning, Hurricane River Campground, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan. This is the first morning of the 2013 Annual Guys in Retreat hiking trip with Kevin Alexander. This year we decided to base camp at Hurricane River and day hike instead of backpack. Although we didn’t carry our home on our back this year, we still hiked about 19 miles for the weekend, visited many waterfalls, enjoyed Pictured Rocks Natural Lakeshore’s 200’ sandstone cliffs and beaches, and found something rather unusual on one of the trails.

I had packed up my camera and was hiking the trail back to my car when I came upon this spectacular sunburst above the foggy shrouded Huron River. Of course, I quickly setup and took a couple of photos before the light changed.

Birch Trees, November 2012, Proud Lake Recreation Area, Michigan

Birch Trees, Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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Pictured Rocks at Twilight.

Pictured Rocks at Twilight from Miner's Castle.

Autumn Huron River, Proud Lake Recreation Area, Michigan.

Camp Owasippe, Michigan, Autumn

Camp Owasippe, Michigan, Autumn. A fall fog rises off Wolverine Lake while a row boat rests on a shoreline ablaze with fall colors. Taken during a hiking trip to Owasippe, America's Oldest Boy Scout Camp.

On a backpacking trip many years ago to the Porcupine Mountains State Park, I camped beside the Lake of the Clouds and captured these sunset colors with a tripod, long exposure and Fuji Velvia slide film. Although digital is really convenient, I miss Velvia’s colors.